The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-05-12
The True History Of Mental Science,
BY JULIUS a. DRESSER.
IContinucu from last week I

Continued from last week.
One more point of a personal nature. and
| pass on to more general facts. | have been
| blamed many times by persons for 50 long
Withholding the facts | now make public to.
| seticr with much more that ! shall not men.
| ton at this time. The reply that myself and
| wife have always made wa-. that We wished
TO pursue our work in The truth in the true
| spirit of that truth. which is charity and love.
and this did not lead Us to say aught against
another, nor even TO reply 10 unjust a>pcrsions
upon ourselves or p. L. Quimby. We knew
that some time the facts would l,a called for by
supporters Of the truth. and then. if We felt
thu lime had cone. we would rive them ani in
50 loin.:, the relation of the facts would be
seen plainly TO be- done only for The truths
-ahc. ali,l in it, true spirit.
But. sail some. people are being deceived
constantly. We replied that We knew il. bat
that very many things were allowed hy an oV-
crruin@ Providence TO 90 on in this worl!
which >crlned to need correction. and we were
| moi running this world nor the universe. and
we were more particular To Sue that We dis
charged our own immediate duties and What
little good w" might do, 10 the best oi our
ability. and in .it spirit of love. than we were
to follow the p!cNalng human custom of tax
ing upon our>clNc, tht a>>lillr,i Wuri, of cor
recln@ errors that other people were falling in
TO. | acknoW !c'l-c that oilr course has been
open to criticism On this one point: but dea,
friends, WE have waited with malice toward
uUc and charity for all for Noui call for
these facts. and now we can rive them herau-c
they wanted. and not because OF any ", as
| urc il might be said we had in doing it. for that
phase of this relation which constitutes uil-
;voidablc reflection upon others is only pain
ful. and have avoided il rs much rs pos ibis.
in giN N" this account. and have therefore left
oui a gr"m dc"l Of detail that might otherwise
have been included. and have made no replies
at all 10 the many unjust and fu}sc statement :
that have been published and circulated about
T.. i. t,uinihy and myself No one hae been
really injured a> y result of oUr rttrrncr. |
trust. and certainly hay" HOT suffered in
any respect. except one, Iiii that is that per
sons have said. and others have thungin, that
because we hl;t'le no replies to anything ltia
there We're none that We rond make. and
therefore all claims and statements of others
were true. Do you remember the Word- of the
apostle; e haIiiy >'i!erttl long, AMI IS Kind
is net easily provoked, think,lh np eyil. r.
joiccth moi in inGuity. but r,iGir'!h in tlie
truth: charity never failrtn:'
such is The spirit of til" kind of truth that !
learned from L. =. Nuinli'A, and the Kind iha
he himself rratticcd. And his >piIii oi low.
50 opened his soul (" tl' tto1-pnWrr that his
works We're marvellous. The Gilick cures that
amy one else since his time. that | know OF.
My -clf and wife liayc owed oar lives to him
for nearly ;Wrnt,->. vrM wears iIa>i. and t. The.
truth he revealed tu GS. ihnu>all'l> uf o;iicr>
r"mld make similar tr>ti'nnny int prefer
not To otrU;N i!t.v with relating his cUIr.. The
man liih~tlI never desired publicity: the truth
itself ami The good of humanity We're he first and
last considerations with him. He even had no
fixed name for h~ theory or practice desiring
10 be known only ~ his fruits. He >;uh th.
inIit a WiIulA in ti.s ";ti3>c of trtiiii ami !...
good of huina.liI..
1t i the Intention Of y"i,r >i,#k"f 10 re-
late this history u 10 HNuj'l ANY upp-afat-, Of
f>"!nr praise. i,rrati>r lhr man nlnbv
W"H!l n"l d,:ire ii. and j; i> my tin on'y to
+, ;;i, plain .;.ri~ and in n plain nlannrr and
rtni,"> iii t T. fore to consider stat ;Ia'it
herein II "A"r,'rawn. Your attention! j. called
10 on" iiHl"rt.'ni fact. ani that i. thl The
kil'i Of 'niNi'ltiai am describing il ih' I'G-
SON OF /. i. .n;iinhN i tl.- kial "hp ran,
mGA" di$r"r"r}.> II h'rjh. il any one gan
that i. mind Of grrai capabilities. couple,
with @rcal humility aud c>tgrHAc un>cIii>lnr>,
iii i the hin pi Il il"!ilinl i!lat Gpd sir;lk.,
through. because >urh >oiti is utn t. lis l-
spiraiionS. ON :hc other hand. a >,l:i~i -ou.
who seeks personal a@-ran'liz"menf. is not ~
cn to revelations ri Mlich nlolnci3t. hrca,t>r
>elii>hne>s AWAY blinds one. ia. truth Ices
not flourish in >.i.l u eli.
r. j. Him!I'~ pvrrcp:yc po,.rr> We're
something remarkable II: always tod tide
patient. al the first sitting. what the atlrr
thou.i.i WA his disease: and a> Ec was able to
do this. he ncNcr allowcd ihe patient TO tell
him ANYTHING about hi> ca~r. Qimh, would
ais" reltinuc ani tell 10 thc patient what the
circumstances Wera whrh first caused IL"
trouble. and then explain 10 him how lie fell
into his error, and lhcn frun this basis prove
TO him. IN many Instances. that Iii, state Of
suffering was purely an error Of mind. and not
what he Thought il WAS. 'Ihsi> his system of
treating tii>ea>cS WAS really and truly Il science.
which proved itself. You see. also. from these
statements. how he taught lis patients To I'M
d"r>and. and how persons vino went to him
for treatment Were Instructed in the truth, ">
well a- restored 10 health. In this WAY some
persons became especially Instructed. - did
your speaker. The persons referred to also
obtained many private interviews with him.
for further Instruction in the truth.
Ihc question has often been >l,ti. t,N per-
sous who had gotten some lea of The truth.
how DR.. Quimhy. who WAS man of such
power and understanding. came 10 die: Here
in lies a story OF his un>cl!i>hnes>. The man
WAS ovrrrtin with patients for many Years, and
Ec was alone in the work. There is always a
limit to tn'te endurance. and his heart W!s too
large to enable him to refuse people whom he
might help olit Of their stitltri.i.s when they
applied t. him. During those years when his
office WAS in Portland. his home and family
being always in Belfast. he WAS compelled
once iii four or six weeks 10 Get AWAY from the
pressing tide of humanity. and go home to
Belfast, privately. and rest 70; three or four
days.
lie sometimes would say to those nrurc>t
him. that If he ever shoui.l allow himself to
@ct 30 far exhausted is not to he able 10 rccov-
tf himself. there was no one to help him. and
lie would he compelled to 90 out. But. though
he never expected to oNcrdp 70 ii:at extent. il
is Just what happened. In brief he lail down
his life for the sick and died in their cause. 1T
the age Of >iNty-live years. twenty-onc wears
age.
Nearly al! in those days. who were willing to
try practitioner outside. of the medical schools
We're persons who had exhausted every meats
of help within those schools. and when finally
booked for the grave. they would send for or
90 to Qumby. As he expressed it. they would
send for him and the undertaken at the same
time. and the one who got there first would
get the case. Consequently. his battle with
error. alone and >ingle-handcd. was hard
one. especially As in those day, there was much
IL liherality than now.
Some may desire 20 ask if. in his practice. he
ever i'll any WAY used manipulation: reply
that, i'll treating patient. after he had finished
hi, explanations, and the silent work. lrhjrh
co,0Ilei"d Me hentmrnt, he usually rubbed
the head two or three minutes. in il brisk man
lcr, for the purpose of letting the patient sec
that something was done. This was a meas
urc OF sccurin" the confidence of the patient.
at Il time when lie was starting a new practice,
and stood alone in ii. | knew him to make
many and quick cures at a distance sometimes
with persons he never saw at all. He never
considered the touch of the hand rs at all nee
cs>iry. but let il be governed by circumstances,
as was done 1900 wears ago.
iiut. dear friends, do not wish YOU to RELY
upon my statements alone for the facts of this
history. aud of this mans character. his dis
coverie>. and his works. To what has ALREADY
been given from the words of others. still fur
ther testimonies may he added. That. able
writer upon Mental Science Ilr. ", f. Evans